Trump blames 'the economics' for pay disparity between male and female soccer players

'I mean who draws more, where is the money coming in. I know that when you have the great stars like Ronaldo and some of these stars ... that get paid a lot of money, but they draw hundreds of thousands of people,' President Trump said

President Trump opted not to take a side in the debate over whether female soccer players should be paid as much as their male peers.

"I think a lot of it also has to do with the economics," Trump said in an interview with The Hill on Monday."I mean who draws more, where is the money coming in. I know that when you have the great stars like [Portugal's Cristiano] Ronaldo and some of these stars ... that get paid a lot of money, but they draw hundreds of thousands of people."But I haven't taken a position on that at all," he added."I'd have to look at it.

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